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| Point B Receives Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility
06.19.08 [Phoenix] – Point B Solutions Group (www.pointb.com) was named a winner of the 2008 Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility today, distinguishing the employer as a leading practitioner of workplace flexibility in Phoenix and across the nation. Point B was recognized at the Chandler 100 on June 19th at the Chandler Chamber of Commerce. The Alfred P. Sloan Awards for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility are awarded as part of the When Work Works project, an ongoing initiative of Families and Work Institute, the Institute for a Competitive Workforce (ICW), an affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the Twiga Foundation. Through When Work Works, these partner organizations provide research, resources, and recognition to employers nationwide, and share the results of research on creating effective and flexible workplaces that meet the needs of the 21st century. Point B opened its Chicago practice in 2007 and has since worked with such local clients as Rush North Shore Medical Center and Underwriters Laboratories. An $80 million firm with 350-plus associates nationwide, Point B provides clients ranging from startups to Fortune 100 corporations with locally-based experienced leaders who can step into any segment or role for a strategic, high-profile and time-sensitive project and help lead it to success. Founded in 1995, Point B successfully completed more than 700 projects for clients last year. The Sloan Awards recognize organizations that are dedicated to making work “work” for both the employer and the employees. Representing employers of all sizes and all types, winners of this prestigious award not only offer excellent workplace flexibility practices, but they also use flexibility as a strategic business tool to enhance organizational effectiveness while also benefiting employees. Brian Murphy, Managing Director of the Point B Phoenix office remarked, “It is the strong collaborative culture and self-driven career path that helps associates achieve work-life balance without sacrificing professional growth. Each Point B associate is entrusted with creating his or her own work schedule to deliver high-end services to clients while balancing other priorities outside of work.” “Employers must develop new recruitment and retention policies. Unprecedented conditions -- a multi-generational workforce, a shrinking labor pool and an increasing demand for skilled workers -- dictate that they do so,” said Greg Roth, Senior Manager of Workforce Education Programs for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for a Competitive Workforce. Other local winners of the 2008 Alfred P. Sloan Awards for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility announced at the Chandler 100 awards ceremony include: • IBM Applications for the Alfred P. Sloan Awards were open to all organizations in the greater Phoenix area with more than 10 employees that had been in business for at least one year. Applicants were evaluated in a rigorous two-step process, first comparing the employer’s application to nationally representative data from Families and Work Institute’s National Study of Employers, and then corroborating the employer responses through a survey of employees. “Sloan Award winners have put into practice their bold ideas about how to make work work in the 21st century, and they have shown how they can support the needs of their employees while also making their organizations more effective and successful,” said Ellen Galinsky, president of Families and Work Institute. Each of the 2008 Sloan Award winners will also be recognized nationally, including a full-page congratulatory ad in USA Today, and will be featured in the next issue of the Guide to Bold New Ideas for Making Work Work, published by Families and Work Institute. Phoenix is one of 30 select communities nationwide chosen to host and participate in the When Work Works initiative. Other communities participating are: Atlanta, GA; Aurora, CO; Birmingham, AL; Boise, ID; Brockton, MA; Charleston, SC; Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; Dayton, OH; Durham, NC; Houston, TX; Lexington, KY; Long Beach, CA; Long Island, NY; Louisville, KY; Melbourne-Palm Bay, FL; Michigan (statewide) Milwaukee, WI; Morris County, NJ; Providence, RI; Richmond, VA; Salt Lake City, UT; San Francisco, CA; Savannah, GA; Seattle, WA; Spokane, WA;; Washington, DC; and Winona, MN. For more information about When Work Works or the Alfred P. Sloan Awards, please contact Shanny Peer at (212) 465-2044 x 224 or at speer@familiesandwork.org. About Point B About When Work Works About Families and Work Institute About the Institute for a Competitive Workforce About the TWIGA Foundation
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